Winner, Best Children’s Feature Film, 2012
Twelve-year-old Pakis lost her father when he went fishing at sea and didn’t return. A mirror her father gave her is the only hope for Pakis to meet him again. Invoking a Bajo ritual using a mirror and water, she keeps on waiting to see her father’s reflection but it never appears. But the sea is getting more dangerous: big waves, storms and unpredictable tides. Pakis gets scared and worries more and more about her mother. Together with her best friend Lumo, Pakis keeps searching for answers, and one day meets Tudo, a dolphin researcher. But where have all the dolphins gone?
The Asia Pacific Screen Academy expresses its respect for and acknowledgement of the South East Queensland Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities. We pay our respects to the Traditional Owners of country, including the custodial communities on whose land works are created and celebrated by the Asia Pacific Screen Awards. We acknowledge the continuing connection to land, waters and communities. We also pay our respects to Elders, past and present. We recognise the integral role Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander and First Nations peoples continue to play in storytelling and celebration spaces.
